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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1871 OF 28 JULY

INFO PRIORITY PEKING.

YOUR TELNO 588: NEW TERRITORIES LEASES.

1. I AM CONTENT WITH THE SUGGESTED WORDING IN YOUR PARA 3. HOWEVER, IT DOES SEEM UNNECESSARILY LONG. WOULD IT NOT BE SIMPLER TO REVERT TO A SLIGHTLY AMENDED VERSION OF THE WORDING PROPOSED IN PARA 1 OF YOUR TELNO 539: E.G. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDER SHALL BE WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE CONTINUED OPERATION, FOR SO LONG AS THEY REMAIN IN FORCE, OF ALL ORDERS IN COUNCIL, ORDINANCES AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS APPLYING TO HONG KONG GENERALLY OR TO THE

NEW TERRITORIES''.

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2. I SEE SOME SLIGHT PRESENTATIONAL MERIT IN INCLUDING THE REFERENCE TO HONG KONG IN ORDER TO MAKE IT LESS OBVIOUS THAT WE ARE POINTING TO THE 1898 ORDER, BUT I DO NOT THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POINT IF YOU FEEL THAT IT IS PREFERABLE TO REFER ONLY TO

THE NEW TERRITORIES.

MACLEHOSE

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